It sounds a lot, but what else would the football supporters £100,000 buy you?

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ACCORDING to someone with a calculator and a spare half-hour at Virgin Money, the cost to the supporter of a lifetime of football following is just short of £100,000.

That’s a ballpark figure, of course — or, as we should probably say these days, an out-of-town stadium figure. But, assuming an adult supporter’s lifetime to be 52 years, and including tickets and travel, home and away, Virgin Money reckons that the dedicated fan will almost break six figures investing in his or her habit.

I think what we’re all meant to do at this point is honk “£100,000!”, throw up